Singapore

2010

New York, November 16, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Singapore High Court's sentencing of British author Alan Shadrake to prison over his book criticizing the nation's judiciary.

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Singapore
is a rich country with a surprisingly poor press freedom record—so says a
story out this week in the Columbia Journalism
Review. CPJ’s own findings
point to a series of court fines
and damages
awarded over slights to the country’s government by major international papers
like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.The ruling Lee family protects its
image fiercely, and through the court system. Justin D. Martin writes in CJR, “What Singapore’s overseers don’t
seem to grasp is that without a press free to monitor power and challenge
wrongdoing, even otherwise ‘developed’ countries suffer greatly.” Read the rest
of his story here.

June 29, 2010 12:45 PM ET

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The New York Times Co. apologized on March 24, 2010, to Singapore’s prime minister and his two predecessors for a February 15 article that described the island nation’s leaders as a political dynasty, according to international news reports. The company and the article’s author, Philip Bowring, agreed to pay damages of 160,000 Singaporean dollars (US$114,000) in addition to legal costs, the reports said.